NHS launches spring COVID-19 booster campaign
An estimated 7.5 million people will be invited to receive the booster
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New PAGB research highlights importance of self-care for easy-to-treat conditions
The census found that 56% of people visit their GP for a UTI and 27% for thrush
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New policy review reveals ten cancer challenges facing new UK government
Macmillan Cancer Support estimates that cancer affects over three million people in the UK
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UK DRI and NHS collaborate on digitally enabled dementia care platform
Around one in five dementia hospitalisations are due to potentially preventable causes
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Coloplast launches digital leakage notification system Heylo for stoma patients
More than 176,000 people in the UK are living with a stoma, according to NHS data
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NHS platform announced to accelerate personalised cancer vaccine clinical trials
The CVLP platform will speed up access to BioNTech and Genentech’s mRNA personalised cancer vaccines
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NHS hospitals to roll out ‘Martha’s Rule’ as part of patient safety initiative
The first phase of the programme will be in place in hospitals across the UK by March 2025
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NHS to roll out fibre optic laser therapy to prevent seizures in epileptic patients
The chronic brain disease that causes seizures currently affects around 600,000 people living in the UK
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NHS to roll out AI to improve waiting times and reduce missed appointments
Every year, missed hospital appointments are estimated to cost the NHS £1.2bn
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NHS campaign urges over 900,000 young adults to catch up on missed MMR vaccine
Between October 2023 and March 2024, the UKHSA said that 733 cases of measles were reported in England
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Sponge-on-a-string test to benefit NHS patients with oesophageal cancer
Eight out of ten patients who took the test were discharged without needing further testing
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NHS offers preventative bowel cancer screening for patients with Lynch syndrome
In England, around 1,100 cases of bowel cancer are caused by the inherited condition every year
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